According to the Daily Economic News report: The Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs issued the "Announcement on the Implementation of Export Control of Gallium and Germanium Related Items" (hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement").

The "Announcement" pointed out that in accordance with the "the People's Republic of China Export Control Law", "the People's Republic of China Foreign Trade Law" and "the People's Republic of China Customs Law", in order to safeguard national security and interests, with the approval of the State Council, it was decided to implement export controls on gallium and germanium related items.

Items that meet the relevant characteristics shall not be exported without permission. Since August 1, 2023 officially implemented.

It is worth mentioning that gallium and germanium are both important rare metals, which are widely used in semiconductor materials, new energy and other fields. Among them, gallium is called "semiconductor industry new food", germanium is also an important semiconductor material.

Bai Ming, a member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce of, said in a telephone interview with the reporter of "Daily Economic News" that the implementation of export controls on gallium and germanium-related items is mainly related to national trade security issues. "Judging from the announcement itself, we are acting in accordance with the law. On the other hand, many countries have issued relevant regulations on export control."

Export control or a reciprocal countermeasure.

According to the Global Times report, on a global scale, the U.S. Biden government concocted a consistent policy of drawing allies to suppress China, through the signing of the "Energy Resources Governance Initiative" and "Mineral Security Partnership" (MSP) and other planning supply chain and industrial chain alliances. Build a "small courtyard high wall" in an attempt to decouple from China and block the globalization process.

now, in the semiconductor industry downstream of key metals, the United States is increasingly pressing China, the United States continues to draw in coercion allies to form a common front. Japan announced at the end of May that it would impose export restrictions on 23 kinds of semiconductor equipment and materials, which will be formally implemented on July 23. The Netherlands, the world's largest producer of lithography machines, announced on June 30 that it would further tighten its export policy, and that high-end DUV lithography machines would restrict exports to China from September 1.

Chen Fengying, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics at the China Institute of Modern International Relations in, said that many rare and key metals in the world are supplied by China. So why does China supply some Western countries to make chips that in turn card China's neck? Chen Fengying believes that on the evening of July 3, the two departments announced the implementation of export controls on two metal-related items, or a reciprocal countermeasure, which is also a way to safeguard national security and interests.

According to the Securities Times, in response to the tightening of the export policy of lithography machines in the Netherlands and the Netherlands, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce responded on July 1 that China has noticed relevant reports. In recent months, China and the Netherlands have carried out multi-level and multi-frequency communication and consultation on the issue of semiconductor export control. However, the Netherlands eventually still listed the relevant semiconductor equipment, and the Chinese side expressed dissatisfaction.

A Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said that in recent years, in order to maintain its global hegemony, the United States has continuously generalized national security concepts, abused export control measures, and even sacrificed the interests of its allies to coerce other countries to implement semiconductor suppression and containment against China, and artificially promote the industry. The decoupling and breaking of the chain have seriously damaged the development of the global semiconductor industry. China firmly opposes this.

The spokesperson said that the Netherlands should proceed from maintaining international economic and trade rules and the overall situation of China-Netherlands economic and trade cooperation, respect market principles and contractual spirit, avoid relevant measures hindering the normal cooperation and development of the semiconductor industry of the two countries, and not abuse export control measures, and effectively safeguard China and the Netherlands. Enterprises and both parties have common interests and maintain the global semiconductor industry chain supply chain stability.

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The official announcement and detailed arrangements are as follows:

Source: one shipping